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Top quark pair production in pp collisions.
The top quark was discovered and first
studied at the Fermilab
Tevatron. With the startup of the LHC, our group participates
in a new era of top quark physics:
- Top quark decays will be the most important
calibration signal during the commissioning of the LHC
experiments.
- The large number of top quarks produced at the LHC allows
for precision measurements of top quark properties.
- The large top quark mass makes the top sector a prime area
for the search for "new physics" at the LHC.
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ATLAS silicon pixel detector.
At the heart of the ATLAS experiment, novel
silicon detectors provide the precision tracking and vertexing
necessary for top quark physics. Our group is working on
- Commissioning and operation of the new ATLAS silicon
pixel detector.
- Research and development towards new and improved
silicon detectors for the upgrade the LHC to Super-LHC (sLHC),
currently planned for 2020.
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